Digital Islam as an Institutional Governance Lens: An Exploratory Survey of Digital Practices and Knowledge Integration in Sharia Study Programs at UIN Antasari
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https://doi.org/10.21274/dinamika.2026.26.2.126-143Keywords:
Digital governance; Digital Islam; Islamic higher education; knowledge integration; exploratory survey; Sharia study programsAbstract
Digital transformation in Islamic higher education involves institutional arrangements as well as technological services. This cross-sectional, descriptive-exploratory survey maps perceptions of digital practices, knowledge integration, and governance-change priorities in Sharia-related study programs at UIN Antasari. The online questionnaire was circulated through class WhatsApp groups in each participating study program and by direct WhatsApp contact with lecturers during May 1–June 19, 2026. Responses came from 53 participants (43 students and 10 lecturers) recruited through nonprobability channels; the number invited and response rate were not documented. Descriptive statistics and thematic coding were used. Digital-practice items were completed by only 10 lecturers, with a composite score of 82.8/100; knowledge integration scored 82.9/100 (n = 53), and perceived need for governance transformation scored 84.2/100 (n = 53). Five items measuring existing governance conditions had no responses in the raw export; current governance performance was therefore not assessed. Thematic coding identified 38 substantive responses on knowledge integration (multiple codes permitted) and 30 substantive governance-improvement priorities (one dominant theme each). Results inform a tentative four-domain governance mapping, with Digital Islam employed as an interpretive ethical lens, not a measured variable. SIGAP-Syariah is proposed as an unvalidated self-assessment prototype; institutional competitiveness is a prospective implication rather than an observed outcome.
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